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" : ' "Puke" University Library artrr.?nt Durham, y. c .11.1-1. N n 770 . IVcrefo of, rfcc'oa ,- - 1 ' - v J f t , j j ...... .. :. ...,... .J. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem top lightly, it if clearness that gives raiue. ' Paine fcm i I I i. u I ill ..-3.cn VOLUME 58 - NUMBER 46 DURHAM, N.C- SATURDAY, f'OVEM8ER 18, 1978 TELEPHONE (919) 683-6587 1 11 ' - PRICE: 20 CENTS 4 v-f i ' . T . I T jj ,: ; fell W ifcJlli T" w:M iitii Ji r.c:iULDtrrs REV. BEN CHAVIS RALEIGH-Top State officials have bdicated that they'll oppose ' the Justice Department's - intervention in the Wilmington 10 case'. An eighty-nine page friend of the court brief filed by the' Justice Department's Civil Rights Division head, Drew Days, in the VS. CHAPEL OILL-Georeia &tate senator Julian Bond'STflnmmateuncmploy, said, here Monday evening : that - the , United, States 1 "needs to begin to develop an economy for everyone , as he urged" support for far reaching proposals for re distribution of the nation's wealth and resources. Bond advocated income W.C. State Unfocrsity Profc Petition Hunt For Charlotte Three RALEIGH - Sixty North Carolina State Uni versity professors have sign ed a petition requesting that Governor James Hunt pardon the Charlotte Three who are imprisoned under "unlawful burning" convic tion of a riding stable .in 1972. The petition and a letter question the payment of two prosecution witnesses against the Charlotte Three who were paid more than $4000 after they testified, Justice Department records . show. , . ,. The fifty-five year sen tence! Were also questioned ' in the letter to Hunt as the longest imposed In North - Carolina's history for un 'lawful burning. 1 ."It Is no! difficult not to believe that they (The Char 16tte Three), were not vic tims of Nixon's widespread and well documented at tempts to silence antiwar and civil rights dissidents Cloo'is Appoints Acting Washington Durcao NEW YORK -' The Executive Director of the National "Association for . the 'Advancement . of Colored People, Benjamin V.-: L. Hooks, has announced that Ms. Althea T. . L. Simmons will assume the, duties of Acting Director of the NAACP's Washing ton Bureau, effective Jan- ; uary j, 1979. Ms. Sim mons, who will succeed the retiring Washington 1 Bureau Director Garence Mitchell, be comes the first woman to serve in the post that is the major lobbying JERRY JACOBS MIW) District Court in Raleigh contended that the Wil mington 10 were deprived of their constitutional rights during; their 1972 trial. Judge Franklin T. Dupree was asked to clear the defendants. Specifically, the brief argued that Court of Appeals Judge Harry Martin, , who in 1972 was presiding judge, erred when he re fused to make prosecutor tax v redistribution.' a tt6 ment, a system of life-long" eaucauon, a national neaiui care program tuianceq out of the treasury, and national and regional ownership of utilitites and vital industries to his audience-a mixed group of students, faculty and townspeople gathered throughout . the United States , the letter continued noting that at the time of the Indictment, Grant and Reddy were engaged in draft cuunseling In Chaf lottee. The letter states that Charlotte was a key city in which draft officials had expected large numbers of recruits. ' It is rumored that simi lar letters and petitions are being circulated through out other area campuses In behalf , of the Charlotte Three. Governor Hunt has also been the target of the Char lotte City. Council which re cently passed a resolution urging Hunt to pardon the Charlotte Three. All court appeals in the case have been exhausted and the defendants were ordered to return to prison following the U.S. Supreme Court refusal to overturn the convictions. (, The North Carolina'State arm of the Association's legislative efforts. Mrs. Simmons is presently the Associate Director ' for Branch and Field Services, and is a seasoned member of the NAACP, She has former- , ly . Ji, served '- as National ( ' Director' for Education Programs,. National Train- Ing 4 Programs, :; National Training Director, Special. Field Representative and Director of the National Voter Registration Project. The 54-year-old, native of Shrevcport; Louisiana is a grail" of. Southern i - t f 1 I 'I i 5 If' ." , , X J J; : ' " miiiiB'wi,, j, tMrf ti 11 m n y -ff t 1 1 - " '" t JAMES McKOY WAYNE MOORE. . : Jay Stroud turn over to defense attorneys a docu ment that would have help ed to discredit Allen Hall, the state's chief witness 1 against the ten defendants.. The document in ques tion was an amended state ment Allen Hall gave bet ween the time Stroud first interviewed Hall and the time of the Burgaw trial in 1972. Hall read from the amended statement at the ''in Memoviai Audjtrtum.r jpy Major battles won through, the turbulent. six- ties, a penoo in u.a. nisiory which Bond described as "some of the finest years of race relations in this country", are in danger of being rolled back, he Said. Detailing the election of University professors Urged Hunt to review "the good records of the Charlotte Three". Hunt has said, since last February, that his regaT counsel, Jack Cofcort, would review - the case and report to him on if. ' rt III THIS ISSUE BAPTISTS HONOR MRS. HORNE CORPORATIONS & CITIES JAMES BROWN SELECTED FOR CITY COUNCIL University jn Baton Louisiana, where she holds a degree in Business Edu cation. She also has a masters degree in market ing from the University of Illinois and a J.D; degree in law from Howard University. ,f! Clarence Mitchell, who has been the" NAACP Washington , . Bureau Director since July, 1946 will continue with the Association in a consult ant's ' position and' as' Chairman of the Leader ship Conference on Civil Rights.. In addition, he will FEDERAL GOVERNMENT O r n n rrr4 J mmiM ci STATE OPPOSES JUSTICE trial but defense attorneys were not allowed a copy of the statement, in" error, the Justice Department claims. Judge 'Martin's alleged error disadvantaged defense law yers in that it "denied the opportunity to review and use in cross examination a document which would have revealed multiple in consistencies between Hall's original sworn siatement .and Hall's tr.al testi :-j -- - iir-'Tr" ill dency,, the unraveling of -Johnson's Great Societ programs, the victimization of the victims of the society, the recent Supreme Court decision in the Allan Bakke case and the passage of Pro position 13 in California, Bond emphasized the need, for blacks to become politi cally potent through voting and direct action. Unless the far reaching changes in the nation's economic system are made, Bond declared that blacks will continue to be a "permanent- " underclass" within the United States. To get blacks and whites mobilized for support of the economic ; changes, the Georgia senator, who was a founder of the Student Non violent Coordinating Com mittee (SNCC). said white politicians are needed to explain to whites that mea sures like Proposition 13 and the so-called tax revolt' were "spiting the nose to cut off the face." In a question and answer pejiod, Bond declined to say if he would support President Carter in 1980, saying, at this time in did not know what the other alternatives were. On whether blacks in the U.S. will embrace socialism. Bond told the questioner misconceptions that "social ism is anti-Christian would be a barrier in blacks em bracing socialism because of their widespread belief in Christianity. serve as a Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in po litical science at Morgan State University, and will practice law with his son Michael in Baltimore, Maryland. Mitchell, who has been affectionately called th "God-lather" of the 1964 Civil, Rights BilL after an initial career as a newspap er reporter, started his NAACP career as Labor Director; before assuming thti post of Washington , Bureau Director. He has served on various govern- MARVIN PATRICK mm -J DEPT. INTERVENTION mony." ' Also questioned in he brief was Superior Court Judge George Fountain's word for word adoption ; cjfc-the findings and con clusions suggested by the Nprth Carolina Attorney General office at a 1977 post conviction hearing. Fountain denied the defend ants a new trial at that time. NO CHANGE IN STATE'S OPPOSITION TO TEN 5 .Attorney Irving Joyner, Director of the Commission For' Racial Justice of the United Church of Christ, Commission Fori;!; Racial Justice commented after fLK.wtc - .rtf ...ihA lnctio the , case. "Governor Hunt should now lake this oppor tunity ; to save the state embarrassment and pardon, the Wilmington 10 . But Hunt, reached in Asheville, told reporters Tuesday "I made a decision that I'm convinced was the right decision.v One is still in prison and . the rest are out on parole. ' My .involve ment in the matter is finished .v Rusfin to Bayard Rustin, presi dent of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, will be honored by the Ameri can Jewish Congress at its annual Stephen Wise Award dinner Sunday evening, Nov. 19 at the New York Hilton Hotel. Mr. Rustin has led the A. Philip Randolph In stitute in conducting voter registration pro grams, strengthening rela tions among Blacks, libe rals and the labor move ment, and v supporting policies which promote economic equality. ' He helped plan and put into operation the Recruitment and Train ing Program, which seeks to bring young Blacks into union apprentice ship programs. He also serves as chairman of the Executive Committee Director mental committees. in- eluding the President s Fair Employment Prac tice Committee, the War Manpower Commission, the War' Production Board and the President's Com mittee, to Employ the Phy sically Handicapped under the Truman Eisenhower Administration. Willliam Perm, current ly the NAACP Director of Personnel, will assume the post of Acting Associate Director of Branch and Field Services, (effective January 1. 1979) if . 1 1 ' A - ; U r CONNIE TINDALL wnno)r rnw7 Hunt reduced the sen tences of the defendants rather than pardon them as had been requested of him from Wilmington 10 sup porters around the world. Assistant Attorney General Richard League said Tuesday that he didn't think the Justice Depart ment support for the Wil mington 10 would influence the outcome of the trial on a writ of habeas corpus Death Penalty Trial Necr In ASHEBORO - The case of 22-year-old Ronnie Hoover neared trial this week in Randolph County Superior Court. At THE. CAROLINA TIMES press time, , efforts were being made to fire Hoover's attorney Dean Bell who, family members say, had urged Hoover to plead guilty. Hoover faces the death penalty and is charged with Receive Jewish Congress Award of the Leadership Con ference on Civil Rights. ' Bayard Rustin's ac complishments in the civil rights field have been many and varied. They be gan in 1941 when he be came Race Relations Se cretaryof the Fellowship of Reconciliation. The same year he served as the first field secretary of the Congress of Racial Equality. In 1942 he went to California to help protect the property of Japanese-Americans who had been placed in work camps. In 1943, he was imprisoned in Lewis burg Penitentiary as a conscientious objector. . I Rustin participated in the first " Freedom Ride- the Journey of Reconci liation in 1947. This tested the enforcement of the 1946 Irene Morgan case outlawing discrimination in interstate travel. Arrested in North ' Carolina. he ' served Illll SIMMONS MRS. ANN SHEPPARD TURNER before Federal District Judge Dupree. "I don't think they have any leverage with the court, it (intervention on behalf of the Wilmington 10) puts their prestige behind the petitioners, said League. "I don't think the United States being a party, one way or the other, will influence the court's deci sion one way or another. In the public arena, of the shooting death of a 14 :s. year-old white 1 girl, ..Vicky Clark, and the shooting of her friend Hoover's sister, Mrs. Linda Jerry, said that . Attorney Bell had urged the former GI to plead guilty to second degree murder and possibly receive a lighter sentence. Also charged with Vicky Clark's death are 14-year-old Joseph Hoover, Ronnie !iS::"fS:S8;S$ 30 days on a chain gang. His report of this ex- R'rience appeared in the ew York Post and prompted an investigation which led to the abolition of the chain gang in North Carolina. In 19SS Martin Luther King Invited him to assist in organizing the Mont gomery, Alabama bus boycott. He drew up, at Dr, King's request, the first plans for the found ing of the Southern Christian Leadership Durham Students Prove Competency All eyes were on Durham City Schools on November 1 and 2 as the one place in North Carolina where eleventh grade students (Juniors) may boycott the first compet ency testing in our state. What happened? Over 94 of the juniors came to school and went about their challenge in a serious manner to pass the tests the first time. Attend ance was higher than during a normal day. Not a single student reported to school and refused to take the tests. I am justly proud of our students, parents and pro fessional staff who. under much external pressure, did a magnificent job. As I travel about our great state it is reassuring to hear of increased respect for the educational efforts in the Durham City Schools. - ... We are commuted to provide the opportunity for assistance for every student to earn a high school diploma upon completion of 20 units. At the same time, wc arc committed to maximum ' competency for every student which is also the right of every student and parcrft. v Public Education is our cornerstone. . . . .Let's keep it strong. Ben T.Brooks. Ed D ' ' Superintendent Durham City Schools, I r; v WILLIE VEREEN 4 WILLIAM WRIGHT course, in the prestige and the aura that it attaches to the Department of Justice, whatever that may be to a given citizen, will rub off to the benefit to the Ten or to their detri ment . . That's about it. It won't affect our stand Continued On Page 15 . ..Vrf. .v.-. Hoover's brother; 20-year-old James Barnes; 19-year-old Hubert Miller, and 18-year-old Michael Mabry. The evidence against the young men consists essential ly of statements made to police by four of them when arrested last June a few hours after the ambush shooting. The four who made statements essentially said that a firebomb was (Continued on page 12) Conference. For seven years he served as Martin Luther King's special assistant. Later in 1963, Bayard Rustin was Deputy Di rector of the March on Washington, which brought more than 250,000 persons there and paved the way for passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The next year he directed the New York City School boycott - the largest civil rights demonstration (Continued on page II) I i ( . T S. V k V it c
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